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. 2016 Jan-Mar;17(1):17–25.

Table 3.

Comparison of age, parity, anthropometric and clinical parameters in male participants with metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus and controls

Index MS (n=17) Controls (n=53) DM2 (n=34) P-value *
Age (years) 56.3 (3.5) 37.9 (1.7) 63.6 (2.0) 0<0.001
Parity 6.8 (0.8) 4.0 (0.6) 5.3 (0.7) 0<0.07
Height (m) 1.7 (0.0) 1.7 (0.0) 1.7 (0.0) 0.815
Body weight (kg) 86.7 (4.1) 63.6 (1.0) 74.1 (2.6) 0<0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 30.1 (1.3) 21.9 (0.3) 25.5 (0.8) 0<0.001
Waist circumference (cm) 108.0 (2.9) 81.2 (0.8) 96.9 (2.1) 0<0.001
Hip circumference (cm) 105.7 (2.2) 91.4 (0.7) 97.2 (1.6) 0<0.001
WHR 1.0 (0.0) 0.9 (0.0) 1.0 (0.0) 0<0.001
WHT 0.63 (0.0) 0.48 (0.0) 0.57 (0.0) 0<0.001
Systolic BP (mmHg) 153.2 (7.1) 114.3 (0.8) 128.2 (3.5) 0<0.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 95.9 (3.3) 73.0 (0.7) 76.6 (1.8) 0<0.001
Percentage of body fat 27.6 (0.7) 17.0 (0.6) 24.8 (0.9) 0<0.001

Values are mean (s.e), BMI=Body Mass Index, WHR=Waist Hip Ratio, WHT=Waist Height Ratio, BP=Blood Pressure, MS=Participants with metabolic Syndrome, DM2=Participants with type 2 diabetes Mellitus, n for parity in control, MS and DM2=29,6, and 7, respectively; n for height, waist circumference, hip circumference, WHR in DM2=33 while that of WHtR=32,

*

One Way ANOVA and Duncan test